2018 Slaughterford 9

2018 Slaughterford 9

As no races are taking place at the moment, I'm creating some web pages entitled "where I was taking photos this time last year". Today, I'm looking at the Slaughterford 9 which takes place from Rudloe, a village that is 2M W of Corsham in Wiltshire. It's about 58M from Oxford.

The organiser's website says "the Slaughterford 9 is a 9M multi-terrain race over steeply undulating countryside, carrying a sting in its tail - whilst tackling 900 feet of ascent/descent in the Slaughterford valley, runners will encounter tarmac, stony paths, fields, tracks and green lanes - the course is 75 percent off-road". I think this year's race would have taken place today (Sun Jan 24th 2021). Unfortunately, because of Covid-19 it has had to be cancelled.

There's no mention in that description of a river crossing followed by a muddy bank. The above photos taken at the 2020 Slaughterford 9 are of Lee Vanstone (Witney_Road_Runners). I don't know who took the photos.

I've only taken photos of this race on one occasion which was in 2018. I took photos at two spots that were at about 1M and at about 8M, i.e., at about 1.6K and at about 12.8K. Although the first spot was on a public right of way, to me it was just a gully taken by a stream descending a hillside. It was full of rocks and difficult to walk down - some runners just jumped the tricky bits. The above description refers to a "sting in the tail" - in the last mile of the course there's a 80m climb that takes place over 0.3K. It's shown in the above photo which I grabbed from this Facebook page. Although as you can see, some people took photos from the top of the climb, I don't think it leads to great photos. So my second spot was just before the climb. Getting there meant walking down the climb - I fell over!

As some of the photos at my second spot demonstrate, many of the runners got muddy! And if you take a tumble in the mud, you'll get very muddy as the above photo of Stephen Hible (Corsham_RC) shows.

The route of the race

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The above map is taken from mapmyrun. I don't know how accurate it is.

Photos of the male runners who did well at the 2018 Slaughterford 9

Here are some photos of the male runners who finished in the top 3 and/or were first in their age category. These photos are ordered by the position of the runner.

Chris McMillan (323, Weston_AC) was 1st and the 1st SM finishing in a time of 55:09.

Edward Knudsen (255, Avon_Valley_RC) was 2nd and the 2nd SM finishing in a time of 55:43.

Dan Anderson (9, Dursley_and_District_AC) was 3rd and the 3rd SM finishing in a time of 56:09.

Damian Hall (186, Corsham_RC) was 4th and the 1st MV40 finishing in a time of 57:23.

Heath Bampton (30, Royal_Wootton_Bassett_Hounds_RC) was the 1st MV50 finishing in a time of 1:01:16.
Although Heath runs for Oxford_City_AC, in 2018 he was with Royal_Wootton_Bassett_Hounds_RC.

David Vaudin (442, Team_Bath_AC) was the 1st MV60 finishing in a time of 1:07:10.

Photos of male runners from other running clubs

Here are some photos of the first male runner from running clubs other than those mentioned above. I've only included those clubs that had more than two runners competing. These photos are ordered by the name of the running club.

Paul Hughes (222, Abingdon_AC) was 9th and the 8th SM finishing in a time of 59:29.

Rob Burgess (54, Bath_Amphibians_Tri_Club) was the 14th SM finishing in a time of 1:04:02.

Mike Gibbs (163, Bitton_Road_Runners) was the 15th MV50 finishing in a time of 1:14:40.

William Garrett (161, Box_Occassional_Running_Dads) was the 37th MV40 finishing in a time of 1:19:04.

Philip Daniels (101, Calne_RC) was the 11th SM finishing in a time of 1:02:40.

Darren Mann (292, Calne_SMaRTT) was the 19th MV50 finishing in a time of 1:20:43.

Brian Jeffery (238, Chippenham_Harriers) was the 13th SM finishing in a time of 1:02:57.

Elliott Jones (246, Devizes_RC) was the 15th SM finishing in a time of 1:04:58.

Chris Williams (470, Emersons_Green_RC) was the 16th MV40 finishing in a time of 1:10:51.

Iain Osborne (331, Frome_and_Country_Off_Road_Running) was the 88th MV40 finishing in a time of 1:47:51.

Peter Larman (261, Frome_RC) was the 17th MV40 finishing in a time of 1:11:25.

Kevin Gover (173, Hot_Chilli_Tri) was the 12th MV50 finishing in a time of 1:13:25.

Matt Dale (98, Kingswood_Tri_Club) was the 25th MV40 finishing in a time of 1:15:05.
This photo also shows his teammate Lee Francis.

Stephen Goulding (172, Pewsey_Vale_RC) was the 8th MV50 finishing in a time of 1:10:49.

Stuart Temple (422, Slinn_Allstars) was the 10th SM finishing in a time of 1:00:31.

Dan Elmes (140, Somer_AC) was the 22nd SM finishing in a time of 1:10:27.

Kenneth Cox (91, Southville_RC) was the 30th SM finishing in a time of 1:14:09.

Simon Jones (248, Swindon_Striders) was the 63rd MV40 finishing in a time of 1:29:00.

Jeremy Hutchinson (228, Town_and_Country_Harriers) was the 11th MV40 finishing in a time of 1:09:09.

Richard Corp (87, Trail_Running_Association) was the 78th MV40 finishing in a time of 1:37:58.

Nigel Ryder (377, Wickwar_Wunners) was the 44th MV40 finishing in a time of 1:21:19.

Photos of the female runners who did well at the 2018 Slaughterford 9

Here are some photos of the female runners who finished in the top 3 and/or were first in their age category. These photos are ordered by the position of the runner.

Clare Prosser (357, Wells_City_Harriers) was the 1st female and the 1st FV45 finishing in a time of 1:06:25.

Lynette Porter (353, Bitton_Road_Runners) was the 2nd female and the 2nd FV45 finishing in a time of 1:10:37.

Victoria Ratcliffe (360, Somer_AC) was the 3rd female and the 1st FV35 finishing in a time of 1:11:02.

Lizzie Wraith (480, Team_Bath_AC) was the 4th female and the 1st SL finishing in a time of 1:11:40.

Carol O'Leary (334, Weston_AC) was the 1st FV60 finishing in a time of 1:33:30.

Photos of female runners from other running clubs

Here are some photos of the first female runner from running clubs other than those mentioned above. I've only included those clubs that had more than two runners competing. These photos are ordered by the name of the running club.

Sophie Tumelaire (436, Abingdon_AC) was the 14th FV45 finishing in a time of 1:32:00.

Joanne Mumford (317, Avon_Valley_RC) was the 6th female and the 3rd FV45 finishing in a time of 1:14:37.

Sophie Gover (174, Bath_Amphibians_Tri_Club) was the 10th SL finishing in a time of 1:27:31.

Ciara Blackstock (43, Calne_SMaRTT) was the 9th FV35 finishing in a time of 1:26:25.

Emma Hines (215, Chippenham_Harriers) was the 5th female and the 2nd FV35 finishing in a time of 1:11:54.

Debra Kearsey (249, Corsham_RC) was the 10th FV45 finishing in a time of 1:25:04.
This photo also shows her teammate Michael Luff.

Caroline Palmer (336, Devizes_RC) was the 19th FV45 finishing in a time of 1:39:32.

Jolene Bereza (36, Emersons_Green_RC) was the 6th SL finishing in a time of 1:22:49.

Lisa Berrington (37, Frome_and_Country_Off_Road_Running) was the 41st FV45 finishing in a time of 1:51:10.

Claire Janigo (237, Frome_RC) was the 999th SL finishing in a time of 1:20:54.

Alexandra Francis (153, Kingswood_Tri_Club) was the 18th FV35 finishing in a time of 1:33:11.

Julie Goulding (171, Pewsey_Vale_RC) was the 15th FV45 finishing in a time of 1:34:18.

Fran Machin (281, Royal_Wootton_Bassett_Hounds_RC) was the 24th FV35 finishing in a time of 1:39:24.

Both Julie Margerum (295, Slinn_Allstars) and Karen Colmer (76, Slinn_Allstars) finished in a time of 02:18:53.

Anna Pleasance (351, Southville_RC) was the 22nd SL finishing in a time of 1:49:24.

Emily McManamon (307, Swindon_Striders) was the 29th FV35 finishing in a time of 1:43:05.

Liz Noakes (322, Town_and_Country_Harriers) was the 7th FV45 finishing in a time of 1:19:30.

Fleur Rush (374, Trail_Running_Association) was the 28th FV45 finishing in a time of 1:44:19.

Tracy Ryder (378, Wickwar_Wunners) was the 12th FV45 finishing in a time of 1:27:06.

Postscript

If you did the Slaughterford 9 in 2018 and want a reminder, then here's a link to all the photos that I took. There's a calculator on that web page that makes it easy to find the photos of a runner given their time and you can find the time from the results web page.

If you want to see the reviews I've done on other races, then here's a link to a web page that includes an index of the reviews of races.

I'm planning for my next review to be of the 2015 Not the Roman IX. I hope to post that on Sunday (Jan 31st 2021).

I maintain a web page for runners that provides a list of races near Oxfordshire and the latest results. So go and visit www.oxonraces.com to see what races may take place. And if you use twitter, you may want to follow @oxonraces to become aware of important changes to this web page.

This web page is at www.oxonraces.com/blog/2021-01-24-corsham-chippenham. It was created on Sun Jan 17th 2021 and last updated on Sun Jan 24th 2021.